Environment Updates
Environment Cabinet Secretary interdicts four officers over illegal logging
Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Environment and Forestry Mr. Keriako Tobiko listens to Alex Lemakoko Commander in Charge of KFS rangers during a tour of the Kivale forest in Mbooni sub county following complaints of illegal logging. Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Forestry Keriako Tobiko last week interdicted four Kenya Forest Service (KFS) officers in Makueni
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County Government and NGO unveil new eco- friendly toilet technology for primary schools in rural areas
Some of the eco-toilets built by Green Belt Movement at Rongai grounds. The environment conservation advocate says the toilets are useful in conserving the environment. The Green Belt Movement is investing in a new ecofriendly toilet technology that replaces the traditional pit latrines in a bid to increase access to sanitation facilities in schools within rural areas
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INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS SHOULD BE COMPELLED TO PAY FOR POLLUTING THE ENVIRONMENT
CS Tobiko addressing the parcicipants during thy workshop Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko has called on disadvantaged African countries to develop a common position in the upcoming 25th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 25) to seek favorable policy and funding to mitigate effects of climate change. The CS
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OBSERVE POLLUTER PAY PRINCIPAL CS TOBIKO URGES
CS Keriako Tobiko Adressing the participants duning the workshop. Environment and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko has called on industrialized nations to help pollution hit countries cope with the catastrophe as stipulated in the polluter pays principal. “The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is very clear that countries that pollute the most
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WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE NEXT SEVEN-DAY PERIOD VALID 16THTO 22ND JULY, 2019
Significant rainfall was reported over the Lake Victoria Basin, and South Rift Valley,Highlands West the Central Rift Valleyand the Coast,as depicted inFigure 1. The Central Highlandsreceived light rainfall. The Northeast, the Northwest and the Southeast Lowlands remained mainly dry.A comparison between the previous seven days (1st to 7th July, 2019)with the period under review(8th to
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ALARM OVER PLASTIC BOTTLES IN L. NAKURU
Single use plastic bottles and containers clogging a stream at a section where River Njoro drains into Lake Nakuru. Conservationists have raised the red flag over the increased discharge of single use plastic bottles into Lake Nakuru, that is threatening its eco-system. Lake Nakuru National Park Senior Warden Catherine Wambani says, at least 30
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APPLICATION FOR SOLAR WATER HEATING AND SOLAR PV TRAINING COURSES
The Solar Water Heating (SWH) and Solar Photovoltaics (PV) Systems Regulations gazetted by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) in 2012 require that technicians and contractors designing and installing solar PV and solar water heating systems be licensed by ERC. To be licensed, technicians and contractors should have undertaken the relevant training. Additionally, vendors and manufacturers
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INVOLVE WOMEN IN CLIMATE CHANGE DECISIONS SAYS CS TOBIKO
CS Keriako Tobiko giving his opening remarks during the regional workshop on women participation in REDD+ processes in Africa at a Nairobi Hotel. Women from poor, forest-dependent communities play a key role in the management of forests yet they are marginalized from decision-making and sharing the benefits of climate investment finance Environment and Forestry Cabinet
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WORLD BANK LAUDED FOR SUPPORT LVEMP III.
The PS, Dr. Ibrahim Mohamed, stressing a point during the courtesy call by the World Bank’s Helene Rex, as Mr. Ben Miranga from World Bank and Ms. Agnes Yobterik listen keenly. The Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Dr. Ibrahim Mohamed, has expressed the Kenya Government’s appreciation to the World Bank, for
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NEMA arrests scores of traders flouting environmental regulations
Scores of Kitui traders selling and using banned plastic bags and businesses violating effluent discharge regulations were on Wednesday arrested during a crackdown by National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) enforcement officers. Speaking after the sting operation carried out in various Kitui Town business premises, markets, petrol stations, hotels and other enterprises, Kitui NEMA Coordinator Godfrey
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